hello everyone i am wendy griffith. >> and i am mark martin. chinese president met with president obama. a lot has to be done in china in terms of human rights. earlier that go day they condemned china's policy of limiting families to just 1 child. a policy enforced by abortion and sterilization. paul strand was at that capital hill event. >> those at the somber news conference. they were aborted their parents having the legal limit of 1 child. >> one-child policy causes more violence towards women and girls. it is china's war on. >> it may have killed 100 million. she pleaded with the father and president obama. >> just imagine, a mom has 2 beautiful children, all you are able to have is 1. the other has to be put to death. >> for the chinese communist party to force the bloody hands into a woman's womb and crush the life is a heinous crime against women. >> no wonder 500 women per day commit suicide per day, per day!>> we have prayed for him to have an open mind and changed heart by the end of this week when he returned to china. >> rej ji li

the most dangers countries for christians are overwhelying islamic, hello everyonei am wendy griffith. george thomas is on aassignment. open door international, a ministry to the persecuted church released annual watch list to the world's worst defenders, while communist north korea is the worth. here is ephram graham. >> for the 9th consecutive year, north korea tops the list when it comes to persecutors of christians. carl moelle. overwhmlying are islamic ones. after north korea is iran, afghanistan, saudi arabia, and somalia. >> worldwide, worst place is primarily in the muslim world. >> christian persecution increased significant in places like iraq jumping to no. 8 up from 17 last year. >> iraq has jumped specifically because of the inteional targeting of the christian community of extremist of the factionsof iraq. al-qaeda indicated on its websites, christians were quote, legitimate targets for their holy warriors. >> just before christmas, muslim waged attas including a massacre at a baghdad church. >> we are labelling it religiouside, they want to exterminate all christians fr

welcome to christian world news everyone am george thomas my colleague wendy griffith is "on assignment". thousands of christia from iraq are leaving the middle east because of persecution, violence and economic haships. it is occurring in the holy land. the birthplace of christianity. gary lane has that story from jerusalem. >> reporterholy land is the land of conflict and strife, security fences and check points, a land where 3 faiths, christianity, islam and judais intersect. >> from this country, our faith began. and in this country, our hole essence of christianity was started in this area of the world. yet it is a place where the christian minority is disaparing. >> you feel like somebody is choking you and no way out. i need to get out and find some where else. >> this is via dell rosa. thousands come to walk in the stepings of jesu what about the christia that live here? many are leaving. this could be become like are a christian diseny land, a fine place to visit, but without a christian presence. 4500 christians lived in 1940, todayless than 10,000. the numbers are staggering,

hi everyone, i am a wendy griffith, george thomas is on aassignment. the government raided a number of christian home it is day after christian. 25 arrested. 11 christians have since then be released. authorities still have 14 in custody. since the attacks, regime has arrested 30-40 christians, possibly as many as 600. governor of tehran province says they were arrested for their corrupting influence and warns more arrests are coming. >>> this week pope benedict called on governments around the world to do more to protect religious minorities and specifically sited several muslim nations in africa and middle east. paul strand has the look at this persecution and why you are not hearing about it in the news media. >> christians may well be the most persecuted religious group on the planet. harassment can range from loss of life to loss of livelihood. >> 600, 700 million christians. >> christians face some sort of harassment. >> goes back to jesus and his disciples. >> christians in innumerable countries under huge amounts of pressure either from the gov